Harrisburg, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Harrisburg, IL Summary

Crime in Harrisburg research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Harrisburg over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Harrisburg:

  • There were 54 total crimes committed in Harrisburg in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 691.2 total crimes per 100K people in Harrisburg.
  • The overall crime rate in Harrisburg is -67.39% below the national average.
  • Harrisburg ranks #209 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Harrisburg ranks #3,119 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Harrisburg Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Harrisburg is 691.2 per 100,000 people. That's -67.39% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -65.52% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Harrisburg
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 54 691.2 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 10 128.0 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 13 166.4 289.2 359.0
Burglary 1 12.8 290.5 229.0
Larceny 37 473.6 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 3 38.4 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 41 524.8 1,715.2 1,760.0

Harrisburg Crime Compared To Illinois Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Illinois.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Harrisburg

13
Violent Crimes
166.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-53.65%
Below The National Average
  • There were 13 violent crimes in Harrisburg in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Harrisburg is 166.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 601.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Harrisburg each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -53.65% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -42.46% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Harrisburg

41
Property Crimes
524.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-70.18%
Below The National Average
  • There were 41 property crimes in Harrisburg in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Harrisburg is 524.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 190.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Harrisburg each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -70.18% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -69.40% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Harrisburg

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Elizabethtown, KY 33,522 280 835.3 698.0 137.2
Carbondale, IL 21,494 1,008 4,689.7 3,684.7 1,004.9
Marion, IL 16,856 573 3,399.4 2,930.7 468.7
Herrin, IL 12,125 355 2,927.8 2,540.2 387.6
Murphysboro, IL 6,924 240 3,466.2 3,134.0 332.2
Pinckneyville, IL 4,974 19 382.0 301.6 80.4
Carmi, IL 4,639 73 1,573.6 1,142.5 431.1

Harrisburg SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
3/10
Housing
3
Affordability
8
Diversity
6
Safety
6
Amenities
8
Education
5
Commute
8.5
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